in the half-page on pregnancy "risk evaluation and care," the protocol says to take victims' pregnancy fears "seriously," give a pregnancy test, and "discuss treatment options, including reproductive health services."

Advocates point out that emergency contraception, which is nothing more than high-dose birth control pills, reduces the chance of pregnancy 75 to 90 percent — but only if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex.

Five states — New York, Illinois, California, Washington and New Mexico — have laws requiring hospitals to provide the contraception to victims, or at least tell them how to get the pills.